The Information Society Reader

by Webster; FRANK

• ISBN13: 9780415319270
• ISBN10: 0415319277
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-12-17
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

There has been much debate over the idea of "the information society." Some thinkers have argued that information is becoming the key ordering principle in society, whereas others suggest that the rise of information has been overstated. Whatever the case, though, it cannot be denied that "informization" has produced vast changes in advanced societies. The Information Society Readerpulls together the main contributions to this debate from some of the key figures in the field--Manuel Castells, Daniel Bell, Anthony Giddens, Michel Foucault and Christopher Lasch.. This authoritative anthology addresses a wide array of topics and issues, such as: Post-industrialism; Surveillance; Network Security; Digital Democracy; the Digital Divide; and Virtual Relations. With a comprehensive introduction from Frank Webster, and section introductions contextualising the readings,The Information Society Readerwill be an invaluable resource for students and academics studying contemporarysociety and all things cyber.

Table of Contents

series editor's preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Frank Webster
INTRODUCTION: INFORMATION SOCIETY STUDIES	1	(8)
PART ONE
The Information society	9	(4)
Frank Webster
INTRODUCTION	9	(4)
Advocates	13	(30)
1 Yoneji Masuda
IMAGE OF THE FUTURE INFORMATION SOCIETY	15	(6)
2 Charles Leadbeater
LIVING ON THIN AIR	21	(10)
3 Esther Dyson, George Gilder, George Keyworth and Alvin Toffler
CYBERSPACE AND THE AMERICAN DREAM	31	(12)
Critics	43	(38)
4 Langdon Winner
WHO WILL WE BE IN CYBERSPACE?	45	(10)
5 Theodore Roszak
THE CULT OF INFORMATION	55	(7)
6 Kevin Robins and Frank Webster
THE LONG HISTORY OF THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION	62	(19)
PART TWO
Post-Industrial society	81	(52)
Harri Melin
INTRODUCTION	81	(5)
7 Daniel Bell
POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY	86	(17)
8 Krishan Kumar
FROM POST-INDUSTRIAL TO POST-MODERN SOCIETY	103	(18)
9 John Urry
IS BRITAIN THE FIRST POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY?	121	(12)
PART THREE
The Network Society	133	(52)
Frank Webster
INTRODUCTION	133	(5)
10 Manuel Castells
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INFORMATION AGE	138	(12)
11 Manuel Castells
THE INFORMATION CITY, THE NEW ECONOMY, AND THE NETWORK SOCIETY	150	(15)
12 Nicholas Garnham
INFORMATION SOCIETY THEORY AS IDEOLOGY	165	(20)
PART FOUR
Transformations	185	(70)
Frank Webster
INTRODUCTION	185	(5)
13 John Urry
MOBILE SOCIOLOGY	190	(14)
14 Robert Reich
THE THREE JOBS OF THE FUTURE	204	(8)
15 Nico Stehr
THE ECONOMIC STRUCTURE OF KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES	212	(25)
16 Anne Balsamo
FORMS OF TECHNOLOGICAL EMBODIMENT	237	(18)
PART FIVE
Divisions	255	(42)
Kaarle Nordenstreng
INTRODUCTION	255	(5)
17 Herbert Schiller
DATA DEPRIVATION	260	(13)
18 Pippa Norris
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE	273	(14)
19 Christopher Lasch
THE DEGRADATION OF THE PRACTICAL ARTS	287	(10)
PART SIX
Surveillance	297	(48)
Raimo Biom
INTRODUCTION	297	(5)
20 Michel Foucault
PANOPTICISM	302	(11)
21 Shoshana Zuboff
MANAGING THE IN FORMATED ORGANIZATION	313	(14)
22 David Lyon
NEW DIRECTIONS IN THEORY	327	(18)
PART SEVEN
Democracy	345	(48)
Erkki Karvonen
INTRODUCTION	345	(5)
23 Jürgen Habermas
THE PUBLIC SPHERE	350	(7)
24 Nicholas Garnham
THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE	357	(9)
25 John Keane
STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE PUBLIC SPHERE	366	(13)
26 Zizi Papacharissi
THE VIRTUAL SPHERE: THE INTERNET AS A PUBLIC SPHERE	379	(14)
PART EIGHT
Virtualities	393	(46)
Ensio Puoskari
INTRODUCTION	393	(5)
27 Mark Poster
THE MODE OF INFORMATION AND POSTMODERNITY	398	(13)
28 Eric Michaels
FOR A CULTURAL FUTURE	411	(13)
29 Sadie Plant
THE FUTURE LOOMS: WEAVING WOMEN AND CYBERNETICS	424	(15)
Index	439